There are three dairy cattle breeds in Estonia that differ in their demographic history, phenotypic characteristics and current census sizes. The aim of the study was to characterize these breeds on the basis of genetic ...

The objective of the present doctoral thesis was to assess the herd-level and within-herd prevalence of bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) infection in Estonian dairy cattle and estimate the sensitivity and specificity of the ...

Mastitis is a most common bovine disease, causing a large economic impact on dairy industry, due to increased treatment cost, decreased milk quality and unnecessary culling of dairy cows.
The primary objective of present ...

One of the key issues in the debates and research of structural changes in agriculture has been the livelihood and survival of family farms. Reduced demand for agricultural labour due to the technological progress, rising ...